xChapter 47 - A New Semester

In the halls of the newly renovated Starlight High, the bell rings as several people start to exit, getting ready to enjoy the rest of their day, or in some cases be stuck doing mountains of homework. However, for five individuals, they were all heading to a classroom, because with the new semester means that their club is back in business.

In said classroom, Aken Amnestor is sitting at his desk sipping coffee while X is sitting at his desk working on several pieces of winter homework he was supposed to do over the break.

"So, can I go if I finish two pages?" X asks.

"You have to finish at least five assignments, Locke, we talked about this," Amnestor groans.

"Boo you're no fun," X responds as he continues working on his homework.

As the two sit there they hear the door to the classroom opens as someone enters. The person says "I guess some things never change huh."

Amnestor looks over and asks, "Oh you're the first one here, how was your break?"

"It was…alright, though I must say," the first person to arrive, Ronnie Everst, begins to say, "I didn't expect to be the one to show up first."

Ronnie's wearing a blue Starlight High varsity jacket with white sleeves and a cursive "'97" on it, a white t-shirt underneath the jacket, black pants, and red basketball shoes.

"Nice jacket you got there," Amnestor replies, "I haven't seen those since-"

"1997?" Ronnie asks.

"Uh yeah," Amnestor replies.

"This was my dad's when he went here," Ronnie explains.

"I think it suits you," X says, "can you please explain how you found it and a bunch of other stuff so I don't have to focus on homework?"

"I found it in my family's storage unit, boom story over, now get back to work," Ronnie coldly responds.

"Aww you're not fun either," X responds as he continues to work on his homework.

The next person to enter is none other than the up-and-coming freshman athlete, Alex Smith. He has on his blue pearl earrings like he always does but he's wearing a white cap, a dark green & red patterned hoodie, black pants, and white air jordans.

"Oh hey Alex, I didn't know they make hoodies out of rugs," Ronnie smirks.

"Sup Ronnie," Alex says as he takes off his cap, "I didn't know you've been at this school since the 90s. Say if you ever want a rematch then let me know, I've gotten a bit stronger."

"Dude, why would I fight you? Besides I'm still testing out some new things," Ronnie adds.

"You two fought before?" Amnestor questions as he raises an eyebrow.

"NOPE!" Alex & Ronnie lie in order to not get in trouble.

"Well hey, looks like you two got here early," A voice says as they enter the room.

Ronnie & Alex look to see both Elizabeth Moore & Cameron Dots entering the classroom. Elizabeth is wearing a white t-shirt underneath an unzipped green hoodie jacket, blue jeans, and black tennis shoes. Cameron is wearing glasses, a red flannel jacket over a white graphic t-shirt, and blue jeans.

"H-hey," Cameron replies.

"Hey Elizabeth, Hey Cam, what have you guys been up to over the break?" Ronnie asks.

"Oh nothing much," Cameron begins to say, "my family just went to the Bahamas for the weekend."

"WHAT?!" Alex, Elizabeth, & Ronnie yell shocked.

"I didn't think it would be that cool since we go every year," Cameron murmurs.

"Every year?!" Alex yells.

"Next time could you invite us Cam," Ronnie says.

"I was gonna say what I did but by comparison, I didn't do much," Elizabeth sighs.

"I'd still like to know," Ronnie says.

"Oh, well I got back into taekwondo," Elizabeth says embarrassed, "I have an upcoming tournament."

"Really? That's great!" Ronnie says.

"Let me know when it is so I can see you lose," Alex scoffs.

"As soon as you let me know when you have a boxing match or basketball match- oh wait- you don't," Elizabeth claps back.

"Hey, let's calm down," Cameron says, "And besides, don't you guys think it's a bit odd?"

"What is?" Alex asks.

"I mean, shouldn't Marcus be here by now?" Cameron asks.

"Oh yeah, where is the guy, he's always the first to show up at things," Ronnie says.

And almost as if he was waiting to make his entrance, Marcus Veridan comes rushing into the classroom with an overstuffed backpack. Marcus is wearing a brown short-sleeved t-shirt over a beige long-sleeved t-shirt, black pants, and red Converse.

"Sorry I'm late, I was in math class and Mister Jefferson was all like 'The bell doesn't dismiss you, I do' so we stayed for 5 more minutes to learn about the unit circle," Marcus explains.

"Man I hate that guy," Alex groans.

"Don't talk badly about other teachers," Amnestor says as he grades some papers.

"Sorry sir," Alex sighs.

"But hey, on the bright side, we actually have a ton of stuff to do today," Marcus states.

"Oh yeah," Ronnie says as he stands up, "You want me to explain it?"

"Sure," Marcus replies.

Ronnie walks over to Amnestor's desk and grabs a cardboard box with an open slot at its top. The box has a sticky note on its front that has the words 'Mail-In Requests' written on it. He then sets the box down on a desk.

"So from what Marcus told me, he and Amnestor decided a good way to get us more active is to allow mail-in requests. Basically, people write down something they need help with on a piece of paper and then we go to complete it."

"That sounds….alright, hopefully, we don't get too many," Alex says.

"Oh please, it's not like there would be that many," Ronnie says as he dumps the contents of the box onto the desk.

However, Ronnie and every other miracle clinic member's face is filled with dread as they see the mountain of small pieces of paper now on the desk. All of them are individual requests, and all of them want to be done by the end of the day.

"Well…..there can't be any more-" Ronnie tries to say but X tosses a small ripped piece of paper on top of the pile, "nevermind."

As the group sifts through the papers they realize that most of them are just joke responses like give me $20 and buy me a dog, and eventually they manage to swindle down the requests to six.

"Okay, let's split up into 3 teams," Ronnie says as he takes two pieces of paper, "Marcus & I will take care of these two."

"Cameron & I got these," Elizabeth says as she grabs two pieces of paper.

"And I guess I'm all on my own… great," Alex says as he takes the last two pieces of paper.

"Great, let's get going!" Ronnie says and the group disperses.

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On the edge of Starlight City's North Side, Alex is walking down the street when he sees the two individuals who requested his help.

"So, I guess you're the one who wanted my help," Alex says.

"Yes, thanks for coming Alex," the person who put in the request, Hamster replies with Bennet the Hamster on his shoulder.

"No problem, let's get going," Alex says as he and Hamster walk into a corner store by the name of 'The Deck's Bodega', completely unaware of several people following the two inside.

Request No. 1 ~ Help Hamster look for ingredients.

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Elizabeth & Cameron are at The Starlight City Bookstore only to see Selina & Hunter yelling at each other.

"Uh, should we give them a minute?" Elizabeth asks.

"Yeah," Cameron replies.

Request No. 2 ~ Return a book back to the bookstore

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Ronnie & Marcus are sitting next to X Locke as he is doing his homework.

"Hey, you guys know what 1+7 divided by 6 is?" X asks.

"...just ask the math teacher," Ronnie groans.

"Dude I don't think he even knows what math is," X taunts.

"Yeah fair point," Ronnie replies.

"It's 2.16," Marcus replies.

"Oh sweet thanks," X says.

Ronnie turns to look at Marcus and says, "Dude we're supposed to help him not just give him

the answers!"

Marcus turns to look at Ronnie and replies, "I know but sometimes it's best to just give him an answer."

"Okay."

The two look back to see that X has vanished. When the two look into the hall they see X booking it down the hall.

"BYE HAVE A GREAT TIME!" X yells.

"HEY!" Ronnie yells as he and Marcus chase after him.

Request No. 3 ~ Help X Study

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